>>> i found a dirt cheap Radeon 7k that i'm going to go for.  how well
>>> does it
>>> work with netbsd/macppc and xfree86?  i don't mind patching XFree86.
>>
>> i had a similar question posted on september 10th, and i got following
>> answer from m. kolb (he uses a Radeon 7500) including his X86Config:
>>
>>>> has anybody X running on a Power Mac using a Radeon? Is there
>>>> something
>>>> to tweak?
>>>
>>> I have it working on my g4 quicksilver with the stock Radeon 7500.
>>> There was a time when I needed to use a patched radeon driver from
>>> A.Briggs, but that time has passed.  I just use the stock build and 
>>> it
>>> works fine. Here is my XF86Config file:
>
> Here is a more clean version (w/o a bunch of non-existant modules):

thanks a lot! unfortunately i didn't have the time yet to optimize it 
to my needs. but it's a very nice template, tho ;)

rgds,

timo